Everything Must Go: 1941

December 1941. "Bayamon, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Proprietor of a small general store, which will soon be evacuated because it is in an area to be taken over by the Army." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

I'm a Navy reservist whose girlfriend is from San Juan (Bayamon is a suburb now). I was there in March and had the privilege of drilling with the Navy at Fort Buchanan. This is the Army base that the man lost his store to.